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a square foot public space parallel to the embarcadero promenade. the work will define the center of the south beach neighborhood. for a better product history, in the year of 2000, the san francisco bay conservation and development commission all working with the port amended their special area plans for the san francisco waterfront. changes made to this plan and in the port's waterfront land use plan remove a longstanding bcdc 50% rule which effectively prevented the redevelopment of many of the historic sheds. with the adoption of these documents, projects such as the exploratory more able to move forward. as part of the negotiations for this, the court agreed to construct two as a given space as eleanor the waterfront. the northeast were plaza, which is the new public space proposed by the area in front of the cruise terminal, and thebrannon street wharf. these spaces are both described in detail in size and of the uses and the port agreed to build the space is within a 20- year period from the time the plan was adopted. to implement this, the p
a square foot public space parallel to the embarcadero promenade. the work will define the center of the south beach neighborhood. for a better product history, in the year of 2000, the san francisco bay conservation and development commission all working with the port amended their special area plans for the san francisco waterfront. changes made to this plan and in the port's waterfront land use plan remove a longstanding bcdc 50% rule which effectively prevented the redevelopment of many of...
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to create the embarcadero, they had all of this exposed rock. they decided to mine telegraph hill for the rock and build a levee and bill in behind the levee. they blasted the rock. it was illegal but they did it anyway. they took the rock and built a rock dike all along here. beneath the fill the latem are of this mud with the consistency of jello. that layer may be as thick as 110 feet. >> is bad dyke founded on the mud -- is the dike founded on the mud? >> it is. when they dumped the rock into the bay mud, it was like dumping rock into jello. it went down into the mud so that they could build off of that. it then took the angle of repose. it is stable. san francisco came and built piers on piles over the top into the water. >> the piers are built up over the water. >> refusal is when you cannot advance the pile anymore. this is under the bay mud over there. they meet refusal. they gain support and bearing on top. saltwater attacks concrete. in the old days, they did not understand the effects of salt water, chloride on concrete and steel. a l
to create the embarcadero, they had all of this exposed rock. they decided to mine telegraph hill for the rock and build a levee and bill in behind the levee. they blasted the rock. it was illegal but they did it anyway. they took the rock and built a rock dike all along here. beneath the fill the latem are of this mud with the consistency of jello. that layer may be as thick as 110 feet. >> is bad dyke founded on the mud -- is the dike founded on the mud? >> it is. when they dumped...
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governor jerry brown was in san francisco and what he did made it easy for the city to transfer the embarcadero for the upcoming america's cup. not everything is all roses. ally has more on the governor's visit in san francisco. >> reporter: it's a warm, beautiful day on the embarcadero in downtown san francisco. this was the backdrop that governor jerry brown used to talk about an infusion of money coming to the embarcadero the next few years. the governor said it will lead to a sunnier future for the local job market. >> a beautiful setting, beautiful city and this bill is going to make it better. >> reporter: when the embarcadero's transformed for the 2013 america's cup, state local leaders say it will bring in mondayy and jobs. >> there is going to be over a billion dollars in economic activity, 8800 new jobs. >> reporter: governor jerry brown signed a bill to make it easier to finance construction projects on the embarcadero. against this bright backdrop, state leaders had to acknowledge the cloud the state economy is under. >> close to 2.2 million people unemployed and the second highest
governor jerry brown was in san francisco and what he did made it easy for the city to transfer the embarcadero for the upcoming america's cup. not everything is all roses. ally has more on the governor's visit in san francisco. >> reporter: it's a warm, beautiful day on the embarcadero in downtown san francisco. this was the backdrop that governor jerry brown used to talk about an infusion of money coming to the embarcadero the next few years. the governor said it will lead to a sunnier...
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we are not talking about closing the entire embarcadero. we are really looking at the northbound lane and only after some time, just before the event, so that you can still do rush-hour, morning deliveries completely unimpeded, and as the crowd starts to mobilize, you put into effect, a kind of flexible manner so that people can still walk and bike to complete their trek. i wanted to make that clear, our intention is not to choke traffic any further on the weekend and provide access to the people that needed. president o'brien: i would like to comment on the report, i think it was very well done and very well prepared. a couple of questions, if i may. did you talk to other cities that had run the america's cup as you prepare this project? >> absolutely, who'll be going down to san diego, the host of the world series of events. it'll be the first estate site hosting since 1995. we've been getting documents from the same. one of the big challenges here, it has been out to sea. if you go to a marina, you really have to charter a boat to see th
we are not talking about closing the entire embarcadero. we are really looking at the northbound lane and only after some time, just before the event, so that you can still do rush-hour, morning deliveries completely unimpeded, and as the crowd starts to mobilize, you put into effect, a kind of flexible manner so that people can still walk and bike to complete their trek. i wanted to make that clear, our intention is not to choke traffic any further on the weekend and provide access to the...
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this could be the end of it. >> blue skies and embarcadero. that is hopeful. you will probably want to savor this day. it will probably get colder to the rest of this week. enjoy the sun. >> we do not have much of a transition from yesterday's to what you are forecasting next, a big change, a sudden drop in temperatures and may be green. this is what it looks like from mt. tam. sunny and warm this afternoon. a.d. the round the bay. 90s further inland and at low 90s. the coastal fog should return overnight. cooler along the coast. temperatures this afternoon will look like this. by noon we will get some eighties will turn into the east bay. by 3:00 p.m. a few areas above the 90 degree mark. a mass of cold on is what we are expecting closer to the water. with this system we're expecting some rain. i want to show you that in the 7 day forecast as we work our way through the weekend and into next week. the strongest chance for some showers bay area wide look to be monday. as we head into tuesday and wednesday, it could be more intense. it is going to be whipped fo
this could be the end of it. >> blue skies and embarcadero. that is hopeful. you will probably want to savor this day. it will probably get colder to the rest of this week. enjoy the sun. >> we do not have much of a transition from yesterday's to what you are forecasting next, a big change, a sudden drop in temperatures and may be green. this is what it looks like from mt. tam. sunny and warm this afternoon. a.d. the round the bay. 90s further inland and at low 90s. the coastal fog...
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and jj has to do with establishing a speed limit in the embarcadero tunnel. >> mr. toronto. >> good afternoon. i am here on these items because -- chairman nolan: you wish to address these together? >> i can do both. i am here to address both items if i could. they have to do with the same thing. one has to do with the south of market speed limit. you have been lowering those 25. they are wide streets, wide lanes. if -- i do not know if the speed limits have been based on traffic studies. they have done traffic studies every five years. traffic studies have shown that some of them have had increases in speed limits. you are lowering speed limits from 30 to 25. around schools, it has been a problem. you have to lower the speed limits. to lower something you are not enforcing, that is ridiculous. 0 miles per hour, i have never seen anyone get a ticket. ever. you need to look at the issue of enforcement before you look at the issue of putting in something that is not enforceable. if someone can get a ticket and take it to court, you have a problem. i would like to find
and jj has to do with establishing a speed limit in the embarcadero tunnel. >> mr. toronto. >> good afternoon. i am here on these items because -- chairman nolan: you wish to address these together? >> i can do both. i am here to address both items if i could. they have to do with the same thing. one has to do with the south of market speed limit. you have been lowering those 25. they are wide streets, wide lanes. if -- i do not know if the speed limits have been based on...
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. >> we have been working with peter albert on what to do with the embarcadero. what could we do to make the dedicated bikeway? it is so busy because it is a good thing. with people walking and skating and pushing strollers. the bicycles should not be there but people are scared. it may be blocked by a parked car, deliveries. with the america's cup, that is a great way to approach it. maybe as next month pilot project. we will have to move people around the city and hopefully they talked about this and how do we depend more on bicycling? >> as a person who needs to take one of your adult safety classes, i will say that because there is an increase in traffic on market street. the bike lanes can be congested and difficult. i will plan my trips on less congested bikeways. there is a place you are going to take your a-year-old or 12- year-old out. there is going to have to be some thinking about folsom street, taking out a lane of traffic and hardscaping it. we have wide boulevards. what about putting traffic lanes and interior hardscape lanes. as the discussion hap
. >> we have been working with peter albert on what to do with the embarcadero. what could we do to make the dedicated bikeway? it is so busy because it is a good thing. with people walking and skating and pushing strollers. the bicycles should not be there but people are scared. it may be blocked by a parked car, deliveries. with the america's cup, that is a great way to approach it. maybe as next month pilot project. we will have to move people around the city and hopefully they talked...
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constructing a concrete support of war for along the length of the embarcadero. to look at how the wharf will be used, expecting tables and benches, the area is the plaza, with interpretive elements in it. you can see the large, neighborhood green, an unscripted space for whatever you might want to do, as long as you do not throw a ball too far. the design remembers its san francisco waterfront history by taking on the shape of pier 36. it juts out a little bit. there is the use of architectural fabric that i will describe in a moment. mostly flat, with long, contain, based planters of 18 churches in height. the open nature of the side is oriented to the bay and the adjacent neighborhood. this is the railing on the outside. it has a full, tight bass, made from concrete, intended to add one more foot of wave protection. also, the entire war angles slightly up from the, not to take those considerations in. as far as the sturdiness of materials, we have reduced maintenance costs going forward. another view of the problem of section along the waterfront, back toward
constructing a concrete support of war for along the length of the embarcadero. to look at how the wharf will be used, expecting tables and benches, the area is the plaza, with interpretive elements in it. you can see the large, neighborhood green, an unscripted space for whatever you might want to do, as long as you do not throw a ball too far. the design remembers its san francisco waterfront history by taking on the shape of pier 36. it juts out a little bit. there is the use of...
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they took the streets as they marched to the union square and the embarcadero center. their contract expired in 2009 and they are representing workers in some of the non-union hotels. >> it would give the union unprecedented power to call a strike at just about any time. >> there a warning this morning about potential dangers of those coin sized button batteries found in devices. in this youtube video, they warned that 3400 children swallowed these batteries in the last year along. they can get stuck and cause severe burns. there are 17 reported deaths by swallowing the batteries since 1977. they are found in remote controls, cars and even in children's books. we posted more information on our website at abc7news.com under "7 on your side." >> the huge rush of target stores snapping up designer merchandise. it's showing up on ebay. many o tuesday and wednesday, target's website crashed as a huge rush to buy merchandise. everything from clothing to bicycles sold for a fraction of normal prices. >> it is absolutely exceed had every expectation. >>> some of those nissoni
they took the streets as they marched to the union square and the embarcadero center. their contract expired in 2009 and they are representing workers in some of the non-union hotels. >> it would give the union unprecedented power to call a strike at just about any time. >> there a warning this morning about potential dangers of those coin sized button batteries found in devices. in this youtube video, they warned that 3400 children swallowed these batteries in the last year along....
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my to disappointments are the fact that the earthquake that took down the central freeway and embarcadero freeway did not deal with san jose avenue. i consider it the same as the freeway. it has delighted those communities for years and we see what happens when they have gone from the embarcadero and when the central came around and what hayes valley is now. i can envision a resurgence, not necessarily in the same manner, one is more grand than the other, and this could be a third one down the line, but the concept of connecting the communities is there and i realize you are working on it. there's nothing that can be done now. my big disappointment, however, is nine years in the making and bart is still sitting on its ass. i can do nothing but criticize them for not joining in a cooperative planning process. the comments i have heard from part individuals have been it's up to the city to rezone it and then we will figure out, not that we will work cooperatively. that really gets me aggravated. i appreciate the fact you and your partner have had to struggle through this without being able
my to disappointments are the fact that the earthquake that took down the central freeway and embarcadero freeway did not deal with san jose avenue. i consider it the same as the freeway. it has delighted those communities for years and we see what happens when they have gone from the embarcadero and when the central came around and what hayes valley is now. i can envision a resurgence, not necessarily in the same manner, one is more grand than the other, and this could be a third one down the...
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but more recently, on the embarcadero, not too far away, they say there are no changes we can expect in 2013. we have a whole city working every possible method to reduce congestion on the surface. we cannot accept something that increases best time by 70% will increase part-time by over 100%. we are going to take steps to see that does not happen and you will be paying for two systems -- one on the surface and one below. $16 million every year you do not have and have to cry for more money. [tone] let's go slow and don't wait for more capital. >> anybody else? thank you very much. next item. >> item 13, a discussion regarding the all door boarding program. >> the director brought this to our attention in a big way recently. >> thank you. from a service perspective, over the next several months, we will ask you to deal with a lot of important topics, but in terms of the way we run our business on a day-to-day basis on a policy perspective, none is more important than this one. you recognize that and ask as to come and give you an overview of all door boarding. what we want to do is p
but more recently, on the embarcadero, not too far away, they say there are no changes we can expect in 2013. we have a whole city working every possible method to reduce congestion on the surface. we cannot accept something that increases best time by 70% will increase part-time by over 100%. we are going to take steps to see that does not happen and you will be paying for two systems -- one on the surface and one below. $16 million every year you do not have and have to cry for more money....
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transit center itself has an additional price tag with the plans proposed to improve capacity at the embarcadero and montgomery bart stations. the plan would seek to help fund the rooftop parking as well as the second and howard proper -- park. these are rough estimates of what it would take to produce those. in order to help try to pay for these, the plan proposes essentially two new financing mechanisms. one would be a new set of additional impact fees that would go primarily for streets and transportation, including the transit center, as well as open space. we are currently in the process of financing the legally required nexus analysis studies required by state law to justify these impact fees, and working with the city attorney's office closely on that, and we hope to have it completed in a few weeks so we can essentially set those at the announcements, what you see here, in terms of and acting revenue is very hypothetical and sort of illustrative of what we think we can achieve, but once we complete the studies, we will know for certain what the fees can be set at. again, this would be in
transit center itself has an additional price tag with the plans proposed to improve capacity at the embarcadero and montgomery bart stations. the plan would seek to help fund the rooftop parking as well as the second and howard proper -- park. these are rough estimates of what it would take to produce those. in order to help try to pay for these, the plan proposes essentially two new financing mechanisms. one would be a new set of additional impact fees that would go primarily for streets and...
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swath of the southern side of the financial district from market street down to folsom street from the embarcadero to second and third streets. it overlaps with the transbay redevelopment area, and covers almost the entirety of the area, but the plan will not be affecting any of the land use and development proposals for a zone 1, which the redevelopment agency has jurisdiction over and is overseeing the redevelopment of. zone two, the jurisdiction of which was transferred or delegated, i should say, to the city, back to the planning department, and is subject to the control of the city's planning code, and as such, that is subject to this rezoning. the plan will be rezoning essentially all of zone two as well as surrounding areas that are not part of it. this plan has several core objectives, the first of which is a land use objective to recapitalize on the major investment that is transit center and really look at the south side of the downtown now that we are 25 years out from the adoption of the downtown plan in the mid-1980's and look at how the city should respond to the major public transit
swath of the southern side of the financial district from market street down to folsom street from the embarcadero to second and third streets. it overlaps with the transbay redevelopment area, and covers almost the entirety of the area, but the plan will not be affecting any of the land use and development proposals for a zone 1, which the redevelopment agency has jurisdiction over and is overseeing the redevelopment of. zone two, the jurisdiction of which was transferred or delegated, i...
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anything was of embarcadero is where you will see it. embarcadero itself has not been affected. if you have any business to do my suggestion is to not come down here and think you're going to park. >> jackie, some fun stuff going on in san francisco on this labor day. we have a live shot there following the excitement. cyclists for morale world are participating in this course. the time is 8:12 a.m.. we're back with more in a minute. >> >> can look of this fire in california. about 100 people had to flee their homes because a small plane crashed and burst into flames. one person on the airplane was killed. this happened near bakersfield. a single engine cessna went down and burned one house. the blaze to grow to 5.5 square miles. about 600 firefighters are working to contain that. >> in new york a tornado has caused some property damage. this is an amateur video that captures a funnel cloud. this is one week after irene cause destructive flooding. the national weather service says the tornado touched down near the state capital of albany. the area hit was already one of counties
anything was of embarcadero is where you will see it. embarcadero itself has not been affected. if you have any business to do my suggestion is to not come down here and think you're going to park. >> jackie, some fun stuff going on in san francisco on this labor day. we have a live shot there following the excitement. cyclists for morale world are participating in this course. the time is 8:12 a.m.. we're back with more in a minute. >> >> can look of this fire in california....
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gracias, los trabajadores de este hotel se reunieron y realizaron una marcha hasta el german plaza en embarcadero. >> ambas partes se culpanm entre si estáncando las conversaciones. >> se termino una hbuelga de una semana donde querian bloquear las entradas. >> se dice que llevan 2 años sin contratos porque no aceptan las demandas. >> estamos perdiendo beneficios, porque los precios suben y necesitamos más dinero. >> la huelga de una semana fue realizada para presionar al hotel, se suponia que las compañias hoteleras de san franciscos mehos el hyatt ya firmaron. >> a nivel nacional la comoañia hyatt esta haciendo destrucción en las uniones. >> mañana volverán a sus trabajo pero segurian luchando por sus demandas, se dice que están abiertos a una nueva ronda de negociaciones. >> hemos ofrecido lo que otros lideres ya firmaron con otros hoteles, pero fue rechazada, esto habla mal del hotel, ellos no pueden irse a huelga cuando quieren. >> los trabajdores terminaron una reunion, pero no hubo arrestos, este es el reporte,d e regreso con ustedes. >> gracias. >> en el con greso los legisldores
gracias, los trabajadores de este hotel se reunieron y realizaron una marcha hasta el german plaza en embarcadero. >> ambas partes se culpanm entre si estáncando las conversaciones. >> se termino una hbuelga de una semana donde querian bloquear las entradas. >> se dice que llevan 2 años sin contratos porque no aceptan las demandas. >> estamos perdiendo beneficios, porque los precios suben y necesitamos más dinero. >> la huelga de una semana fue realizada para...
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have you ever been on market street between -- in the morning rush-hour between van ness and the embarcadero? you do not see one or two bicycle riders go through the like, you see them go through the right -- ally in swarms. that is a $350 ticket that is being ignored. plus the points on the license. does that mean i am through? >> you have 30 seconds. >> i would like to see some attention paid to this. it is a critical mass out there. i wanted to end with a short prayer of thanks to whoever your deity it is. without them this city would be gridlocked with bicycles. thank you. i have some fires that are on the table. -- i have some flyers that are on the table. >> i agree with the fellow before me. there needs to be accountability and a focus on safety. i have a traffic and road safety issue and i am interested in learning how to address it. i have lived in san francisco for four years. i ride a bicycle and take the bus and drive a car. there is in us versus them mentality as has been demonstrated between pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers and it can get ugly. pointing fingers at the wrongdo
have you ever been on market street between -- in the morning rush-hour between van ness and the embarcadero? you do not see one or two bicycle riders go through the like, you see them go through the right -- ally in swarms. that is a $350 ticket that is being ignored. plus the points on the license. does that mean i am through? >> you have 30 seconds. >> i would like to see some attention paid to this. it is a critical mass out there. i wanted to end with a short prayer of thanks...
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. >> years alive a view from the embarcadero. not a bad night tonight. mostly clear skies and relatively mild temperatures. gusty showers in the north bay in the east bay and heavy rain has been in this year. thunderstorms with hill reported in some places. all clear between 18 and the air at 9 am. the showers are beginning to die down for the sierra. the showers from that storm will be swimming across in the morning. in the afternoon sun was high, thin clouds. showers and thunderstorms are erupting for another day in the sierra. highs will be on the mild side. glow-mid '80s in the east bay. intel will be the norm spot. --antioch will be the morning spot. in san mateo in redwood city in the mid-70s. here is the seventh day around the state. more typical weather returns start and on tuesday. not much change in the temperatures. upper 60s and low '70's with low-mid '80s. >> at least 50 of fires across california. the fires have scorched more than 3 mi. and threatening it doesn't of homes. people are being told to be ready to leave quickly. the most highly
. >> years alive a view from the embarcadero. not a bad night tonight. mostly clear skies and relatively mild temperatures. gusty showers in the north bay in the east bay and heavy rain has been in this year. thunderstorms with hill reported in some places. all clear between 18 and the air at 9 am. the showers are beginning to die down for the sierra. the showers from that storm will be swimming across in the morning. in the afternoon sun was high, thin clouds. showers and thunderstorms...
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we understood they were headed to the embarcadero. workers across the country wacked off the job to draw attention to abusive labor practices. many have been working without a contract for two years. they may be going back to work tonight but they say the fight isn't over. this is live picture in san francisco. 2hung union workers marching in the street in san francisco, headed towards the hyatt. this is going to be impacting traffic. avoid this area. we will keep our eye on nis march and keep you posted as it continues through san francisco. >>> iran is reviewing bail provisions for two graduates emprisonned. the counsel released a statement today saying it, not iran's president can set terms for the release of shane bauer and joshua fattal. they along with sarah shourd were captured in 2009. today they dispatched a private plane to iran. >>> tonight we are learning bart tried to sway media coverage by trying to plant friendly bart riders, and providing free traption. ing a ktvu's eric -- eric has more. >> reporter: bart held a news
we understood they were headed to the embarcadero. workers across the country wacked off the job to draw attention to abusive labor practices. many have been working without a contract for two years. they may be going back to work tonight but they say the fight isn't over. this is live picture in san francisco. 2hung union workers marching in the street in san francisco, headed towards the hyatt. this is going to be impacting traffic. avoid this area. we will keep our eye on nis march and keep...
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the fire started yesterday afternoon on embarcadero west. you can see the heavy equipment operator lifted steel out of the way so firefighters could get to the source. nobody was hurt. there were concerns about whether the smoke could be toxic. air quality officials are testing the air they don't believe there's any long term health threat. >>> 6:06. time to look at the forecast for today and the weekend. is it going to be cooler? >> it is going to be changing big time, mike? >> yeah. still changing. biggest drop yesterday some areas 22° cooler than the day before. good morning. here's the trough of low pressure moving towards us reinforcing the sea breeze, keeping the cool air coming and bringing that chance of drizzle tonight. latest temperatures 59 concord antioch 57 in -- everybody in the low to mid 60s thanks to several layers of clouds this morning. those layers of clouds will filter the sun and keep us cooler than average with the breeze coming in off the ocean, brisk day again. low to mid 60s around half moon bay san francisco to ri
the fire started yesterday afternoon on embarcadero west. you can see the heavy equipment operator lifted steel out of the way so firefighters could get to the source. nobody was hurt. there were concerns about whether the smoke could be toxic. air quality officials are testing the air they don't believe there's any long term health threat. >>> 6:06. time to look at the forecast for today and the weekend. is it going to be cooler? >> it is going to be changing big time, mike?...
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front of the hyatt, embarcadero, and justin herman plaza. both sides are set to resume labor talks on monday. amber lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> u.s. supreme court justice, ruth bader ginsburg and other passengers arrived safely at san francisco international this evening, after they had to evacuate their original flight. the passengers arrived at sfo around 7:30 this evening and security escorted justice ginsburg out. as the united airlines flight was about to take off, smoke was seen coming out of one of the engines and the passengers and crew had to slide down the emergency chutes, including a mother, holding her newborn. >> i hit the ground and rolled. the guy behind me said he saw me fall with the baby. >> justice ginsburg was invited to san francisco by hastings college of law. she is scheduled to be there tomorrow. >>> iran's judiciary today said its still reviewing the bail provisions set for $1 million total. yesterday, announced the uc berkely grads would be released in days. they seem to be caught in a power struggle. one positi
front of the hyatt, embarcadero, and justin herman plaza. both sides are set to resume labor talks on monday. amber lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> u.s. supreme court justice, ruth bader ginsburg and other passengers arrived safely at san francisco international this evening, after they had to evacuate their original flight. the passengers arrived at sfo around 7:30 this evening and security escorted justice ginsburg out. as the united airlines flight was about to take off, smoke was...
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. >> here we are at the embarcadero. we are standing at one of locations for the street artists. can you tell me about this particular location, the program? >> this location is very significant. this was the very first and only location granted by the board of supervisors for the street artist when the program began in 1972. how does a person become a street artist? there are two major tenants. you must make the work yourself and you must sell the work yourself. a street artist, the license, then submitting the work to a committee of artists. this committee actually watches them make the work in front of them so that we can verify that it is all their own work. >> what happened during the holiday to make this an exciting location? >> this would be a magic time of year. you would probably see this place is jammed with street artists. as the no, there is a lottery held at 6 in the morning. that is how sought after the spaces are. you might get as many as 150 street artists to show up for 50 spaces. >> what other areas can a licensed street artist go to? >> they can go to the fishe
. >> here we are at the embarcadero. we are standing at one of locations for the street artists. can you tell me about this particular location, the program? >> this location is very significant. this was the very first and only location granted by the board of supervisors for the street artist when the program began in 1972. how does a person become a street artist? there are two major tenants. you must make the work yourself and you must sell the work yourself. a street artist,...
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the group anonymous indicated they will be a gathering at powell street embarcadero and civic center stations today. group has planned a protest every monday since bart temporarily shut down cellphone service last month to avoid a protest over the killing of charles hill in july. >> there was hardly a turnout for planned demonstration by anonymous but a protest on thursday, no justice, no bart shut down the powell street station and ended with the arrests of more than two dozen demonstrators. >>> the san jose city council will take up the controversial issue of medical marijuana collectives when it meets tomorrow. among the issues, they need to decide how many collecting identifies to allow in san jose. they said last april there should be just ten. also it calls for them to grow their own pot on site. that will require large operations. council wanted them located in general and light industrial areas. >> firefighters in central california is battling a series of wildfires started by lightning strikes. they have consumed more than 30,000 acres in kern county. crews were focused on o
the group anonymous indicated they will be a gathering at powell street embarcadero and civic center stations today. group has planned a protest every monday since bart temporarily shut down cellphone service last month to avoid a protest over the killing of charles hill in july. >> there was hardly a turnout for planned demonstration by anonymous but a protest on thursday, no justice, no bart shut down the powell street station and ended with the arrests of more than two dozen...
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disabilities, the neat thing about this project is that after that part is completed, all of the way from the embarcadero, bike lanes will be done by the summer of 2012. finally, the sf mta has requested 1200 for a bike way on jfk drive. in april they allocated additional funds for planning and design work on the project after learning of further coordination necessary for support for a specific project. there remain if you design details to work out and a final number for the parking lot. to outfit the parking lot, as 78 will take it out to the finance authority on october 25. because of the required approvals not yet being met, they are recommending conditioning the allocation for jfk with expenses for construction and those bodies being met for the final design of the project. the project should take between six weeks to eight weeks to complete. with that, folks, staff members from all project can come back up. supervisor avalos: any early indication on how the concourse authority would stand? on the controversy? >> not unless someone from the sf mta wants to come up. we did receive a letter of suppor
disabilities, the neat thing about this project is that after that part is completed, all of the way from the embarcadero, bike lanes will be done by the summer of 2012. finally, the sf mta has requested 1200 for a bike way on jfk drive. in april they allocated additional funds for planning and design work on the project after learning of further coordination necessary for support for a specific project. there remain if you design details to work out and a final number for the parking lot. to...